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Adjoining District Jurisdiction

E.D. Tenn. Standing Order — Adjoining District Jurisdiction

• IN THE DISTRlCf COURT OF THE UNITED STATES .. • ··,FILED ASHEVlllEM C • •• FOR THE WESTERN DISTRlCf OF NORTH CARO~ ~ 7 AN 9: ~O AND THE EASTERN DISTRlCf OF TENNESSEE U. S. DISTRICT COURT Misc. No. ;l,: r2 M(3)(W.D.N.C. 1992) W. DIST. OF tLC. Misc. No. 92/z.aS5 (E.D. Tenn. 1992) -1"1, In re: ) ) \ ORDER:... EXERCISE OF ADJOINING DISTRlCf JURISDICTION ) IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL MATTERS BY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES . ) ) ) ) ,- -. . -c;v = PURSUANT TO 28, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 631(a) and in (, " accordance with actions taken by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the full time United States Magistrate Judges for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sitting at Knoxville, are hereby authorized to serve in the adjoining Western District of North Carolina, and the full time United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting at Asheville, is hereby authorized to serve in the adjoining Eastern District of Tennessee for the purpose of carrying out the duties specified in 28, United States Code, Section 636(a)-and 18, United States Code, Section 3401, to the extent that such duties are exercised in connection with matters arising from the operation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Clerk of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee shall forward a certified copy of this Order to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Washington D.C., and Jason Houck, 08t9-'--......._ _~ Order Book 1?f1 . Page(!U ~ - 39: .•• t' ..... ,. • • i. .'" ...... ~ " I.: • • Chief Ranger, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Route 2, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738, when a majority of the judges in each district have affixed their respective signatures. IT IS SO ORDERED. ENTER: ~~~ ~ L. VOORHEES United States Chief District Judge --, , I '/ ~~~~ZS:...~ United S tes District Judge United States District Judge ,~ United States District Judge LEON JORDAN United States Distri 2
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